Cream-remover.



PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906,

E. s. BART RAM. v CREAM RE'MOVER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.10. 1905.

witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELI S. BARTRAM, OF SELMA, ALABAMA.

' OREAIVI-REMOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.

, Application liled November 10, 1905. Serial No. 286,755-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELI S. BARTRAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Selma, in the county of Dallas and State of Alabama,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cream-Removers, of which the following is a specification.

,This invention relates to a device for removing cream which collects in the upper :0 portions of milk-bottles; and the object of the deviceis to remove the cream without removing a portion of the milk with it, as it is diflicult to remove the cream by pourin ofl the contents of theupper portion of the ottle without more or less of the milk being carried olf with the cream or a considerable layer of cream being left in the bottle.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter described,

pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of my device shown in position in a milk-bottle, the

bottle being shown in section and the device 2 5 being shown in position to receive the cream.

Fig.2 is a vertical section taken longitudinally through my device, the inlet-openings through which the cream passes being shown closed.

3o The invention consists of a tube A, which is closed at the lower end and which is provided' at its lower end with an exterior annular flange A, preferably formed by having a bottom plate A of'larger diameter than the tube A. Adjacent the bottom a plurality of apertures B are formed in the tube A and circumferentially arranged. A handle portion 0 is formed at the up er end of the tube A and preferably integra with the same. Slido ing u on the tube A is a non-perforate sleeve D of ess length than the tube A. In use the sleeve D is slipped upwardly, uncovering the apertures B, and the device is inserted into t check of the milk-bottle and the creamflows into the tube A through the said apertures from all sides, as'will be readily under- Having thus fully described my invention,

whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. A device of the kind described comprising a tube closed at its lower end and having a plurality of perforations adjacent the lower end ofthe tube, an annular exterior flange carried by the'lower end portion of the tube, and a non-perforate sleeve sliding upon the tube and adapted to rest upon said flange.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a tube having a plurality of circumferentially-arranged perforations adjacent its lower end and closed at its lower end, a handle portion at the upper end of the tube, an exterior flange at the lower end of the tube and a non-perforate sleeve of less length than the tube, the said sleeve sliding upon the tube and closing allperforations of the tube when its lower end is resting upon the flange.

' ELI s. BARTRAM.

Witnesses:

- J. HINOHFIELD,

G. F. OBENLAND. 

